Joy was born in Zimbabwe, arriving in the UK in 1971 to train as a nurse. She has served as a Labour councillor in Newham for more than 20 years, during which time her numerous posts have included serving on the Education Committee. Joy has served as an additional governor for schools within the Borough that have been in Special Measures.

Rashmi was a parent governor at Kensington Primary School, having attended the school himself, which he describes as giving him an excellent start in life. He is currently retired following a long career with the Metropolitan Police Service during which he served as part of the senior management team within the IT department.

In addition to his work with The Tapscott Learning Trust, Rashmi is actively involved in a range of other voluntary and charity work within his local community.

Catherine Brown runs Hippolyta, a growing team of specialist corporate advisers based in central London. Working collaboratively with a wide and trusted network built over 34 years, they deliver Corporate Finance, Corporate Advisory Services and many other Solutions to fast-track growing and ambitious companies into their next stage of corporate evolution and exit. Catherine is a key partner to GTP, working with us across multiple projects at any time.

Formally. Chair of Governors at Curwen Primary School. Nazre Ahmad is a finance professional with extensive experience in large global organisations who has lived in London with his family for many years.  When not  working, he is a keen Aston Villa fan and is learning to cook.